/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jspresso is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.binding;
import org.jspresso.framework.util.event.ISelectionChangeListener;
/**
* This is the interface implemented by connectors on collections.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
*/
public interface ICollectionConnector extends ISelectionChangeListener,
ICollectionConnectorProvider {
/**
* Clones this connector.
*
* @return the connector's clone.
*/
@Override
ICollectionConnector clone();
/**
* Clones this connector.
*
* @param newConnectorId
* the identifier of the clone connector
* @return the connector's clone.
*/
@Override
ICollectionConnector clone(String newConnectorId);
/**
* Creates a new collection element connector.
*
* @param connectorId
* the identifier of the new created connector.
* @return the created connector
*/
IValueConnector createChildConnector(String connectorId);
/**
* Returns the connector at the given index in the collection.
*
* @param index
* the index of the searched connector.
* @return the searched connector or null if the collection is not large
* enough.
*/
IValueConnector getChildConnector(int index);
}